Themes

Environmental portraiture

For environmental portraiture we studied a famous photographer called Arnold Newman. His work focused a lot on people in their natural environment while capturing clear images of their portrait which created almost a story behind their faces as the background and environment they were in had a special meaning to them.

Here is some of his work:

I really enjoyed this area of study as Environmental portraiture creates meaningful images with stories behind them. the people within the images are in a certain place at a certain time which creates a really unique background to the images. In addition, many of the locations in which we take the images of these people have a special connection to that place which makes the images that more special.

Landscape photography

For Landscape photography we studied two different areas within. We did anthropocene which is when we did a photoshoot focusing on the environment in the way of life and how it has been changed due to us as humans whilst also doing a photoshoot based around how natural causes can also change the world in various ways.

For the theme of Anthropocene within landscape photography I looked at the artist called Mandy Barker, she really inspired my photoshoot for this theme as I really loved her work and the stories behind it.

Here is Mandy Barkers work: